This is an analysis of the poem The Eyes Of Beauty that begins with:

YOU are a sky of autumn, pale and rose;
But all the sea of sadness in my blood ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa XbXb bcbXcaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101010111 1101010011 1011011101 10010000101 01111111010 11110100001 1101110111 1011011111 0001010101 1111110111 0011011101 1011010111 0111111111 1111010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and are repeated.

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  • summary of The Eyes Of Beauty;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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